# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-rodolfo-villarreal-hernandez
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:51:24.206Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-rodolfo-villarreal-hernandez"
name: "José Rodolfo Villarreal Hernández"
slug: "jose-rodolfo-villarreal-hernandez"
description: "Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez is a Mexican drug cartel boss and former fugitive who was added to the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on October 13, 2020. He was wanted for orchestrating the murder of Juan Jesús Guerrero Chapa, which was carried out on May 22, 2013, in Southlake, Texas. He is also believed to be responsible for numerous murders in Mexico. Villarreal-Hernandez was the 524th fugitive to be placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. He replaced Santiago Villalba Mederos. The United States Department of State's Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program offered a reward of up to $1 million for information leading directly to his arrest. He was captured on January 7, 2023. On February 27, 2025, he was extradited to the United States."
tagline: "Mexican Fugitive"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Mexico"
  isoCode: "MX"
birthDate: "1978-01-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.376785333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "جوز روڈولفو ولاریال-ہرنانڈیز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D9%81%D9%88_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "خوسيه رودولفو فياريال هيرنانديز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Rodolfo_Villarreal-Hernandez"
    title: "Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rodolfo_Villarreal-Hern%C3%A1ndez"
    title: "José Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernández"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Rodolfo_Villarreal-Hernandez"
    title: "Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Rodolfo_Villarreal-Hernandez"
    title: "Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Rodolfo_Villarreal-Hernandez"
    title: "Jose Rodolfo Villarreal-Hernandez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100340209"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump